Muscle Shoals Rythm Section To Be Inducted to Hall of Fame

I'd like to give a shout out to my good friend Pete "Guitar" Carr and a hearty Congratulations on being inducted into the Musician's Hall of Fame along with the rest of the "Swampers" this month.

Check out Pete's website at www.playthatguitar.com and check out his videos page by clicking on the tab marked videos. My favorite is the Mary McGregor session with the swampers and Peter Yarrow from Peter, Paul and Mary narrating and Executive Producer on the session. It really shows a kind of a birds eye view into what goes into making a hit recording. A good bit of repitition getting it right, but truthfully these guys were so professional at recording hit records that they make it look a lot easier than it usually is...lol...just listen to any of my cruddy recordings and realize that it took me at least 3 tries to get the vocal as right as it ended up haha.

( (( BMI is a proud sponsor of the 2008 Musician's Hall of Fame &
Museum Award Show )) )

Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum 2008 Induction

Booker T. and the MGs, The Memphis Horns, The Muscle Shoals Rhythm
Section, The Crickets, Al Kooper, and Billy Sherrill

WHAT: Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum Induction. Seven renowned
musicians and musical groups will be honored at the 2008 Musicians
Hall of Fame & Museum Awards Show on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at the
Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville.

WHO: 2008 inductees are Booker T. and the MGs (Booker T. Jones,
Steve Cropper, Al Jackson and Donald "Duck" Dunn), The Memphis Horns
(Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love), The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
(Jimmy Johnson, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, and Barry Beckett), The
Crickets (Jerry Allison (J.I.), Joe B. Mauldin, and Sonny Curtis), Al
Kooper and Billy Sherrill.

Special guests include Percy Sledge (When A Man Loves A Woman); Eddie
Floyd (Knock On Wood); Phil Everly; George Jones, Barbara Mandell,
and many more to be announced.

WHEN: Tuesday, October 28, 2008; 7:30 pm

WHERE: Schermerhorn Symphony Center; Nashville, Tennessee

Inductees are nominated nationally by the Musicians Union which has a
membership of over 90,000. Last year's inductees included some of
the most esteemed and influential musicians in recording history:
The Nashville A-Team, The Blue Moon Boys, The Funk Brothers, The
Memphis Boys, The Tennessee Two, and The Wrecking Crew. They were
joined in their performances by recording artists Garth Brooks,
Brenda Lee, George Jones, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Peter Frampton, B.J.
Thomas, Rodney Crowell, Roger McGuinn, and many others.

For more information on the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum and to
see highlights from last year's show, please go to:
http://www.musicianshalloffame.com/.

To purchase tickets contact the Schermerhorn box office at
615.687.6400 or to purchase tickets online, click here

The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and Friends - Jimmy Johnson
(guitar), Roger Hawkins (drums), David Hood (bass), and Barry Beckett
(keyboards) along with friends Spooner Oldham, Clayton Ivey, Randy
McCormick, Will McFarlane and Pete Carr. Formed in 1967, the Muscle
Shoals Rhythm Section is considered one of the finest studio rhythm
sections in the world, playing sessions in New York, Nashville, and
Muscle Shoals. They became world renown as the musicians, and or
producers, on such classics as "Respect" by Aretha Franklin, "Mustang
Sally" by Wilson Pickett, "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon, "I'll Take You
There" by The Staple Singers, "Old Time Rock and Roll" by Bob Seger,
and many others. They have played on over 500 LPs, garnering over 75
gold and platinum LPs.

Booker T. and the MGs - Booker T. Jones (organ, piano), Steve Cropper
(guitar), Al Jackson (drums) and Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass). Best
remembered historically as the studio band for Stax-Volt Records
during the 60s, Booker T. and the MGs created the "Memphis Sound"
behind the hit recordings by Carla Thomas ("Gee Whiz"), Rufus Thomas
("Walkin' the Dog"), Otis Redding ("Dock of the Bay"), Sam and Dave,
among others. The reputation as a band in their own right was
established in 1962 with their instrumental hit "Green Onions." On
their own Booker T. and the MGs had rhythm and blues hits with "Hip
Hug-Her," "Groovin'," "Soul Limbo," and "Time Is Tight."

The Memphis Horns - Wayne Jackson (trumpet) and Andrew Love (tenor
saxophone). Famous for their many appearances on Stax Records, they
have been called "arguably the greatest soul horn section ever." The
Memphis Horns appeared on nearly every recording for Stax — with
Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, Sam and Dave and others — as
well as on other releases, including The Doobie Brothers' What Were
Once Vices Are Now Habits, U2's Rattle and Hum as well as a few solo
records.



The Crickets - Jerry Allison (J.I.) (drums), Joe B. Mauldin (bass),
Sonny Curtis (guitar/lead vocal) Founded in 1957, the Crickets have
influenced virtually every major rock performer in the United States
and abroad – from Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan to the Rolling
Stones and the Beatles (whose name was even Crickets-inspired)

. Their
hits have included some of rock's historical classics, "That'll Be
The day," Peggy Sue," "Oh Boy," "Not Fade Away," "Maybe Baby," "It's
So Easy," "I Fought The Law" and "More Than I Can Say."

Al Kooper - Best known for his striking organ riff on "Like a Rolling
Stone" and his performances with Bob Dylan in concert in the 60s.
Kooper was a member of the Blues Project, and formed Blood, Sweat &
Tears, culminating in the release of their first album, Child Is
Father to the Man. He has played on hundreds of records, including
performances with The Rolling Stones, George Harrison, B.B. King, The
Who, Jimi Hendrix and innumerable others. He has released
approximately 11 albums since 1968 including the best-selling "Super
Session" album featuring Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills. In
addition, he produced the first three albums of the band Lynyrd
Skynyrd, including the single, "Sweet Home Alabama" and the
iconic "Free Bird".

Billy Sherrill (Producer Award) – Record producer and arranger who
has been regarded as the defining influence of the countrypolitan
sound, Sherrill is famous for his association with a number of
country artists including Tammy Wynette, Charlie Rich, Elvis
Costello, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck, Tanya Tucker, Johnny Cash,
Barbara Mandrell, David Allan Coe, Ray Conniff, Joe Stampley, Charlie
Walker, Ray Charles and many others.

Duane Eddy - Grammy Award winning guitarist, member of the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame, and the Number One Rock and Roll Instrumentalist
of All Time. Beginning with his first release, in 1958, his
distinctively low, twangy riffs would be featured on an unprecedented
string of thirty four chart singles, fifteen of which made the Top
Forty, with sales of over 100 million worldwide. Best known for such
hits as "Rebel Rouser", "Forty Miles of Bad Road", "Peter
Gunn", "Because They're Young", "Cannonball", "The Lonely
One", "Shazam" and "Some Kind-a Earthquake".

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